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The Kings Mtenntain Herat! Established 1889 ; ,*? *" . ? <f ' * " ? .?> ... ' ? A weekly newspapei v'.-* toted to the promotion of the general welfare and publlibed for the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published evert Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second clas* matter at the poitoHJce at Kings Moun tain, N. C.? under Act of Congress of Mcuch 3, 1873. Martin Harmon . .. ........ Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter. Jr Sports. Circulation, News Mrs. P. O. Herndon ...i.. Society Editor Telephones: Society 167. Other 283 ~ SMSCtUrfKftiKKrZA PAYABLE IN ADVANCE One year $2.00 Six months ,y SI. 10 Three months .60 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 1 Corin thians 3:19. No Woman's Club? A Herald women's news re port ol n recent edition report ed a possibility that the Sen , ior Woman's Club might dis . fraiid loji fa.Uurp. i\f. antt-.-i ber to accept the pi'esidency of the organization. The matter was tabled for -a morth, with the general hope thai the problem could be set tled, and the Herald hopes it can. The Woman's Club has long been an important factor in the civic life of this commun ity, dating back to the old days when there was no Woman's Club building and when Floral ?Fairs, then, as now, a big year ly occasion, were held in build ings which happened to be va cant at the time. But the possibility of the Woman's Club's disbanding reminds of an idea the Herald has long had in mind for ex pansion of the Woman's Club building into a building Of lar ger size which could accommo - date Jargpr TFaw3sr~~ _ Thuuyli mo Architect' s~TKtv ice has. been obtained, it seems that utilization of the vacant lot adjoining the' Woman's Club would riiake it possible for addition of another wing to the bufilding to make a banquet room which could accommo date easily 400 persons, double the current capacity and more than double the current com fortable capacity. The Herald has long felt that ? all the civic organizations.! 'in terested in buildings "shouRl join together on thtg effort to secure sufficient Tunds At the same time, arrangements could be made whereby the bigger pilant could be run by a board of directors made up of repre sentatives of each participa ting organization. With participation of several other organizations, (Kiwanis, Lions, Jaycees, perhaps oth ers), it would be possible to set up the plant on a budget suf ficient to employ a regular manager and to take care of the expenses of upkeep, taxes. Insurance, etc. This latter mat ter of operation and upkeep, it Strikes the Herald, is some thing frequently forgotten when organizations are build ing buildings. The expense is not over when the contractor is paid off. But the Herald hardly thinks the Woman's Club needs -to disband to bring about this possibility. It would much pre fer the Woman's Club to re main in most active existence and to have a continuing part in this needed community un clertaking. ,. There are at least a dozen occasions here yearly which over-tax the capacity of all a vailable accommodations. With ample facilities there would be many more occasions. About the nicest thing that could happen to Kings Moun tain as a New Year present would be the resumption of op erations at the DuCourt Mills plant under responsible own ership. Idle plants are A drag on any community. Congress Reconvenes Congress is back in session this week, and the nation can look; it appeals, for an interest ing session, to be featured by .nnny* that?4he ? ettstomary a mount of compromise. It's an election year, and, if indications from President Tru man and other top government officials are any criterion, the pattern will be to get along with everybody. It is possible that no serious effort will be made to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act, a meas ure that tended to restore a bit of balance. to?.$he labor situa tion, and,, though the President means to make a fight for FEPC and some controversial ! social welfare legislation, it is] doubtful that too much change ; will be enacted. It all works out to being, a. left-handed benefit from our slow, red-tapish check-and-bal ance system which we c?!l de mocracy, in which we sacri fice efficiency for the right to boot a man out m om<&. Amer-> ica enjoys the "booting" sys tem, and it's the best method of keeping this nation from fol lowing the road of Hitler, Mus solini and the other fellows who have mdrred the course of history; Complaint has been made that politicians today respiond only to the wire-pulling of pressure groups' which repre sent the minorities, rather tnan _ Jhe jzeal majf>rity\>f the Ameri can people. The complaint is somewhat valiij, but the ans wer lies in increfasing efforts by the average citizen to shape the course of his government. This can be accomplished by some letter-writing to state and na tional legislative officials. They are responsive to the grass roots opinions and ap preciate hearing them first hand. Nothing can be gained by complaining after the mule has escaped from the barn. Resuming of the Wednesday half-holiday by Kings Moun tain retail firms reminds that retail merchants in more and more cities are adopting the practice, yet even in Kings Mountain, where the closing has been a practice for several years, there -are some mer chants who are not sure the policy of closing a halfday is a good one. Others are just as sure it is. The Herald does not claim to know the answer, but presumes the half-holiday for retail firms is a partial answer at least to the five-day week fori industry. It would appear high time that the government exerted pressure on John L. Lewis to send his miners back to work on a full-week schedule. The production slow-down is cost ing the miners, costing the mine owners and costing the average citizen who uses coal, i Have you listed your proper ty for taxes? Penalties are pro vided for those who fail to list during the month of January, and those who list early will save themselves much time. i I'a TEARS AGO of now* token from th> 10 THIS W EIK?a?di Q. T. Hayes, County Lister, and their son, Paul Neisler, Jr., student -?Bright tRatterree, Town Lister, were at McCallie's School for Boys, Chat this week listing taxes for tanooga, Tenn. r?2j dents o? Nurrvber Four Township. | , J ? ? S OCT At and PERSONAL Mr* R. T. White of Hertford, N. v., Mr. and Mm. Paul Neisler enter. ?s visiting her daughter. Mrs. Geor ??ined at a buffet supper and dance 8* J Lattlm ore and family. Mr R. S. ; on last Thursday rright at their White Raleigh has returnd after: Ware on Gaston street honoring visiting his sister, Mrs. L^rtlmor- 1 martin's medicine By Mai tin Harmon (Containing bits of news. wls dom. humor, and comment. To b? taken weekly. Avoid over* deluge.) New Car . Week ~?y. ?? f *V I Even though there is no offi cial designation of this .week, (or any week as lar as X know) as "New Car Week." or ever has been. I believe this week in Kings Mountain could cp},ropriateZy be called such, lor three of the four dealers are sporting new "Car of the Decade" models. I refer to Dodge. Chevrolet and Buick..l am not intending to leave Fred Plonk and 'Paul Srayre out either, bin Ford jumped the gun, bringing out their 'SO models a few w&As back. / n-c-w \ While I have not pre-viewed any of tiie new models. 1 am sure of several things about them. Pictur es indicate that they'll have more chrome and other frills than be fore. and I'll personally guaran tee that all of thera will se too fast, unless, that Is. trying to out-run a patrolmaiSTEven then itfs liable to go too fast and su perimpose all occupants of the car on a roadside tree. Needless to say, this does not help the landscape, n-c-w The 'SO models being shown currently indicate too that auto makers are getting back into the pre-war pattern, in which they concentrate on new body design one year and mechanical Im provements the next. None of the auto-makers want to admix this, but the proof of the car padding is in th* seeing, and theVe isn't too much change, in body design for 'SO, even though Buick has an nounced it will have a somewhat shorter car, but one which is more ; roomy and more comfortable for back-seat, drivers and other rear seat passengers. n-c-w J Come to think about it. it would seem in order to have a "New Car Week" every year, in spite o* the physical dilttcultles of getting jhis competitive indu?>iy l? liilntffcut'" the new ones together. n-c-w The reason is good, the medici nal department thinks, for the au tomobile has come to typify America. While there is ?tlll an v untapped source of people vrho don't own automobiles in the O. S? it's much smaller than one time. A note in a recent Saturday Evening Post, commenting on the Hoover Days Joke of "two cars in every garage and two chickens In every pot," reports that car regis trations in California indicate that many families in the West Coast Sunshine State do have two cars. Car, registrations are 20 oercent' over the necessary number for one per family. . h-c-W Unfortunately the big increase in car ownership has not found road -building keeping pace, and perhaps this is the answer to the old imponderable of the physi cists. "What happens when an ir resistible force meets an Immov able object?" The answer to that one U found daily on the high ways and in the newspapers. Ac cording to the semi-weekly, grue some ''Bloodshed Boxscore" sent to North Carolina papers by an old school friend of mine named Mrs. Jo Sptvoy. who tallies up the fatalities for the state highway de partment, in excess of 100 more people lost their lives on North Carolina highways .during .1949 than in 1948. More cars, more wrecks, more fatal accident#. More roads are needed' to spread the traffic. Of course, if the car man ufacturers cut their motors to a bout one -third their current horse power, it would have some bene ficial effect, but they're not going to do thpt. It would also help if motorists always started on time and didn't have to hurry to get where they're going, but in this category the medicine man would 1 have to work on himself. n-c-w There are going to be more and ; more auto*, as the dealers ob serve this and future Tew Car Weeks." and as long a? there are banks and finance companies, and people who want to make a down payment and send off a monthly check for the new bus. That le typical of America too. n-c-w-. Our congratulations to the deal ers on their new model*, and our best Irishes to each and all who sign on the dotted line. . . . f %?? W Did you make any New Tear's resolutions? A feed one would W tb* oW-tou? prt r.ttuuio, pre peniciUin formula of the general practitioner: slw?p more, cat lees and worry lees. The only trenhle U that ifs bard to do. A local bus short Christmas holiday said. "Tea. It was a nice Christmas. 1 left town for three days and for got all my worries.** For .some folks. It requires getting away - from the scene to relax. And relax ation is a prime reaulslte for good health and long life. ... Safety Resolutions Suggest#! V^WSSO "II you would be thrifty, practice } safety in<1950r Is a New Year's Res oiurion su'Kgesied this week by Ben i Jenkins, county agenr for the State College Extension Service. >, Such a resolution, the county a- 1 gent pointed out, carr be carried out." by the whole family to the benefits of all. Furthermore; is thoroughly practical and can mean the differ- ! ence between profit and toss for the new year. Making annd keeping New Year's ( safety resolutions is much more j than a pastime; it is a means of as- \ auring.the happiness and. well-being of tram tamiiies everywhere. .The National Safety Council suggests that if each member of every I at m family makes and koeps one good safety resolution In 1950, notiseable progress will be made toWard re ducing the tremendous to'll that ac cidents take in agrnculture. Following are a few sugggeStcd resolutions for farm families to make for 1930: ?. We will continually cheek the farm to^locate and remove hazards. 2. We will at all times observe all safety rules in the operation of ma. chines. 3. We will encourage oiir friends to work, play, and drive, safely. 4. Regardless of the^ emergency^ 'not' ! pernJIt young children ] to operate or ride upon farm ma chinery. v . 5. We will observe due caution when working with or around ani mals. ?. We will keep guns unloaded and out of reach of children. 7. We will handle poisons and ex plosives carefully and keep them labeled and out of reach of child ren. 8. We will encourage year-round participation in farm safety activi ties by the organizations to which we belong. ?; ? ? <; ? HowToRelieve Bronchitis Creomulsionrtltevespromptly because "k it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden bhlegm and aid nature to soothe and, ped iw, trnrirr, infltfflad. hrnmhiil ? . - to aefi you a bottle ofOeomufsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. ?? i For Highest Quality Foods BLALOCK GROCERY Serving Kings Mountain Over 13 Years Phone 58 Subscribe T o The Herald? $2 Per YeHf FIRST NATIONAL RANK Afamlifir P T) i e _ Here are the reasons: the cost is low . . . po hidden charges . . . you can place your cir insurance wherever you please . . . and .i * ; ?' j...;.' " : :?* ? ? *** ..;* !? >?", '-'%*? ? :*.<r : V'"" ' ? *V , you build bank credit for the future. Arrange a bank auto loan now ? be a cash buyer when your next car is delivered. ' BOOKS CLOSE JANUARY 31 ' All persons ore hereby notified thot they must list their property, both personal and real, and all male persons beween the ages of 21 and 50 most list their polls during the month of January as required by law. IN THE COURTROOM CLAmENCE E. CARPENTER *' \H.: 'j. ' ? I' .-{?-?< J?-r ?*.?.?? ?: } \ ' ? ??<? ? ?ili Tax. Lister . ?. .1
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